DNN FactCheck, the verification platform of the Development News Network and Media Foundation, has been selected as one of only two Nigerian organisations to receive technical and technological support under a European Union-backed initiative aimed at strengthening election fact-checking and countering disinformation.
The organisation disclosed this in a statement on Monday, saying the support is being provided under the European Union Support to ECOWAS in Peace, Security and Governance Project, implemented by the Fundación para la Internacionalización de las Administraciones Públicas in partnership with FactCheckAfrica.
According to the statement, DNN FactCheck and BONews emerged after a competitive assessment of fact-checking organisations across Nigeria, with the selection based on institutional capacity, governance standards, commitment to evidence-based journalism and readiness to deploy technology-driven verification.
The support package includes technical assistance, capacity building, technology upgrades and the deployment of advanced verification tools to strengthen newsroom operations and improve responses to election-related misinformation and
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